Safety-razor.



PATBNTBD MAY 8, 1906.

' W. J. MOORE.

SAFETY RAZOR.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 9. 1905.

UNITED STATES PATENT orrron.

SAFETY-RAZOR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 8, 1906.

Application filed June 9, 1905. Serial No. 264,529.

The object of my invention has been to provide a safety-razor which shall have the advantages of being exceedingl simple in construction and in operation, 0 permitting the blade to be removed and the holder eleaned with the greatest facility, and of permitting the blade to be readily adjusted relative to the holder; and to such ends my invention consists in the safety-razor hereinafter specified.

In carrying my invention into practice I provide a holder consisting of a bottom plate A, from the rear edge of which rises a plate B, that is preferably perpendicular to the bottom plate. A lip extends forward from the vertical plate B over the bottom plate, the lip preferably occupying a position central between the ends of the plate. The razor-blade C is thick at the rear edge and tapers toward the blade in the usual manner of hollow-ground razor-blades. At the back of the blade are preferably formed upper and lower edges (1 and d. The blade lies between the plate A and the lip (I and is clamped against the lip by a screw E on the upper end of the handle F, the screw being threaded through an opening a, in a plate A beneath the lip C. As the blade is much thicker at its back than at its cutting edge, the upper corner or edge at at the back of the razor lies in a plane (when the cutting edge of the blade is in contact with the plate A) which is forward of the portion of the lower surface of the blade which is impinged upon by the screw, or more particularly the lower edge or corner (1 of the blade. The result of this relative location of the parts is that the blade becomes practically a lever tending to swing on the upper corner or edge d as a fulcrum, the screw tending to swing the lower edge or corner d rearward and upward on the said fulcrum, thus drawing the cutting edge of the blade firmly down upon the plate A. This action occurs whether the blade be shifted forward or back in the space beneath the lip C. The front edge of the plate A is preferably curved downward and is formed into a series of teeth in the usual manner. The described action of the screw in clamping the blade permits the blade to be adjusted forward or back relative to the guard formed b the teeth and yet insures that the blade will be held down against said teeth in any adjustment.

t Wlll be observed that the construction and operation of my razor are of the greatest sim hcity. To clamp or remove or adjust the lade, it is only necessary to give a partial turn to the handle relative to the holder. The only part projecting over the blade is the li C, so that the entire cutting edge of the b ade is available, and nothing comes in contact with such cutting edge, so that it is not liable to be injured. The blade can with the greatest facility be adjusted by hand forward or back relative to the guard formed by the teeth, so as to make it cut more or less deeply.

It is obvious that changes can be made in the above-illustrated construction withinthe spirit of my invention.

Having thus described my invention, What I claim is 1. In a safety-razor, the combination of a blade, a holder consisting of a base plate forming a guard for the lade and a 11p or projection extending over said blade, the blade having a lip-enga 'ng edge or corner,

and a clamping device t at impin es on the side of the blade next the baselate, at a point that rocks the blade on its lip-engaging edge or corner to press the cutting edge of the blade against the base-plate.

2. In a safety-razor, the combination of a blade, a holder consistin of a bas'elate forming a guard for the projection extending over the blade, the blade being thickened where lies between said lip-and said base-plate, and a screw engaging the thickened portion of the blade next the base-plate, the blade having an edge 5 or corner that engages the lip at a point,,be-

tween the cutting edge of the blade and the point of contact of the screw with the blade.

3. in a safety-razor, the combination of a blade, a holder consisting, of a base plate.

lade and a 11p or forming a) gn e gd ijgig; the blade and a lip or shoulder and press its cutting edge agair ,rgit'e te lfizttending over said blade, the the heme-plate. giede having a lip-(engagin edge or comet, In testimony that I claim the foregoing end a scew secured to or orming Pig-gt, a? e havehereunto set my hand.

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